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Title:
Ein Parcerie-Vertrag
Erzählung zur Warnung und Belehrung für Auswanderer und ihre Freunde
Note: Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "Ein Parcerie-Vertrag" by Friedrich Gerstäcker is a narrative work written in the late 19th century. The book serves as a cautionary tale for emigrants and their friends, highlighting the dangers associated with contracts enticing individuals to leave their homeland for a new life abroad, specifically in Brazil. The story centers on Carl Gottlieb Behrens, a day laborer who contemplates emigrating with his family in search of better opportunities after struggling with poverty and illness back home. The opening of the tale introduces Behrens as he navigates the pressures of his difficult life as a laborer in Germany. He learns about a contract that promises free passage to Brazil, where he hopes to find prosperity and a fresh start for his family. However, he is cautioned by a fellow laborer and a schoolmaster about the risks of such agreements, which can lead to exploitation and serious consequences for those unaware of the potential pitfalls. The narrative sets a tone of informed mistrust, as Behrens grapples with the decision to pursue this life-changing move while confronting the allure of a better life against the harsh realities he faces at home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872
EBook No.: 43892
Published: Oct 5, 2013
Downloads: 43
Language: German
Subject: Sharecropping -- Brazil -- Fiction
Subject: Brazil -- Emigration and Immigration -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title:
Ein Parcerie-Vertrag
Erzählung zur Warnung und Belehrung für Auswanderer und ihre Freunde
Note: Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This book was produced from scanned
images of public domain material from the Google Print
project.)
Summary: "Ein Parcerie-Vertrag" by Friedrich Gerstäcker is a narrative work written in the late 19th century. The book serves as a cautionary tale for emigrants and their friends, highlighting the dangers associated with contracts enticing individuals to leave their homeland for a new life abroad, specifically in Brazil. The story centers on Carl Gottlieb Behrens, a day laborer who contemplates emigrating with his family in search of better opportunities after struggling with poverty and illness back home. The opening of the tale introduces Behrens as he navigates the pressures of his difficult life as a laborer in Germany. He learns about a contract that promises free passage to Brazil, where he hopes to find prosperity and a fresh start for his family. However, he is cautioned by a fellow laborer and a schoolmaster about the risks of such agreements, which can lead to exploitation and serious consequences for those unaware of the potential pitfalls. The narrative sets a tone of informed mistrust, as Behrens grapples with the decision to pursue this life-changing move while confronting the allure of a better life against the harsh realities he faces at home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872
EBook No.: 43892
Published: Oct 5, 2013
Downloads: 43
Language: German
Subject: Sharecropping -- Brazil -- Fiction
Subject: Brazil -- Emigration and Immigration -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.